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Preparing for group interviews to get that grant

Neeltje Peters — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 08:00:34 +0000

Hooray, your consortium is invited for the interview stage! The only thing standing between you and the money is showing your combined enthusiasm, expertise, vision, and collaboration… Sounds easy, right?

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Writing your grant proposal for multiple audiences at once

Neeltje Peters — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:26:58 +0000

Know your audience! This is a key rule in any writing, and grant writing is no exception. Writing your grant proposal tailored to your audience becomes especially challenging when there are different types of readers that will evaluate your work. How to make sure all types of readers understand and, more importantly, value your plans?

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How to benefit from proposal evaluations (even if they are unfair…)

Neeltje Peters — Tue, 14 May 2024 09:00:57 +0000

Receiving evaluation reports for proposals that didn’t make the cut to get funded can be quite frustrating. Like with reviewer comments, evaluations from the grant committee can come across as unfair, uninformed, or just (too) harsh. Still, there often are important clues in these reports to be able to improve your next grant proposal.

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1+1=3? Making an interdisciplinary project work

Neeltje Peters — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:01:48 +0000

Many calls for grant proposals demand an interdisciplinary project, for example to tackle a specific societal challenge. But how do you ensure that your proposal includes all correct disciplines in a meaningful way? And what does it mean to lead a consortium with all these different experts you don’t usually talk to?

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Writing a rebuttal: take off your fighting gloves

Neeltje Peters — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:05:03 +0000

For some funding schemes, applicants have the opportunity to write a rebuttal to the initial reviews of the proposal. Although some of the comments you receive may be unfair, irrelevant, or plain stupid, it’s your job to write a rebuttal that respectfully addresses reviewers’ comments.

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Making your consortium meeting worth it

Neeltje Peters — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 14:21:28 +0000

Consortium meetings are an essential - and fun - part of grant proposal preparation. Since they require effort and time of all your busy collaborators, please do them (and yourself) a favor and make sure your consortium meeting is well prepared.

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